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intascare

to pocket

verb een-tahs-KAH-reh Rare

Usage Note

Intascare literally means to put something into one's pocket (tasca), but it is almost always used figuratively for pocketing money, often with a connotation of keeping it illicitly or without effort. It takes avere as auxiliary. Ha intascato i soldi senza fare nulla ('He pocketed the money without doing anything').

Examples

"Ha intascato il compenso senza lavorare."

Natural Translation

He pocketed the fee without working.

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